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Have date show 12 hour, rather than 24 hour, clock times,
by @admin, june 22, 2019, 12:10am utc
By default, bash will show a date and time in this format:
Sat Jun 22 22:04:22 EDT 2019
To see the date in 12-hour format, like this:
Sat, Jun 22, 2019 10:04:36 PM
...follow the steps below.
~$
~$ date
Sat Jun 22 22:04:22 EDT 2019
~$
~$ # edit ~/.bashrc and add this alias to the bottom (without the '#')
~$ # alias date='date +"%a, %h %d, %Y %r"'
~$
~$ source .bashrc # to immediately implement this.
~$
~$ date
Sat, Jun 22, 2019 10:04:36 PM
~$
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